Tzitzit Project is a community-based initiative dedicated to expanding Jewish spiritual practice with an inclusive design approach to a traditional ritual garment—the tallit katan.

What are tzitzit?

You shall make tassels on the four corners of the garment with which you cover yourself.

— Deuteronomy 22:12

Tzitzit are the fringes traditionally worn on a four-cornered undershirt to remind one of the divine presence in daily life. Though historically wearing tzitzit has been a ritual practiced by Orthodox cis-men, halacha (Jewish law) does not bar women or gender non-conforming Jews from wearing tzitzit. 

In ancient times, garments often consisted of simple rectangular cloths with four corners, in which tzitzit were easily tied. Since we no longer wear four-cornered garments, a special garment known as a tallit katan, also referred to as tzitzit, is now worn in order to fulfill this mitzvah.